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Longtime grant writer has shared with legislative leaders claims that State Superintendent Ryan Walters lied to them at recent public hearing and concerns current and future federal grant funding for Oklahoma public school students is in jeopardy. #oklaed
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“The public has a right to know about his lies. If he’s going to lie about federal grants, he’s going to lie about anything," claims the writer of $106 million in grants since 2017. #oklaed
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"We are very diverse, and I can't allow myself to think that we're not going to apply for grants simply because of (political) buzzwords or because they would benefit people that look different or believe different things than our superintendent," said ...
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“After his release, he periodically contacted the victim on social media despite being ordered not to, Muskogee County District Attorney Larry Edwards said. His bond was never revoked.”
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1/ For the second straight year, I’m honored to earn first place in project/investigative reporting in the Great Plains Journalism Awards for my ongoing coverage of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s fatal pursuits and shootings.
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Tuesday's vote was only a teaser. Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, put what amounts to a procedural hold on the bill so that it cannot go to Gov. Kevin Stitt until
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"I don't care if people are triggered by what I say ... My job is to speak truth and find solutions to problems," the state superintendent tells a packed meeting room.
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'Everybody's dead:’ Missing girls likely among 7 bodies found at McAlester residence, sheriff says.
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Ronnie Dean Busick, the only person to be convicted in after 16-year-olds Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman disappeared in 1999, reportedly earned credits to reduce his sentence.
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From : Oklahoma Senate passes bill banning transgender care for minors tulsaworld.com/news/state-and via
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UPDATE: State board of education votes 7-0 to approve Superintendent Ryan Walters’ proposal for mandating new, special reports from public schools across the state in his quest to root out diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programming. #oklaed
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NEW TONIGHT: State Superintendent Ryan Walters wants to require new special reports from public schools across the state in his quest to root out diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming. State board vote coming Thursday. #oklaed
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"We have every confidence Peterson will spread the joy of teaching and inspire others to take a fresh look at the critical role public schools play in our communities and nation." tulsaworld.com/opinion/editor via
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Three weeks after upsetting FC Tulsa, Tulsa Athletic travels to Kansas City on Tuesday night for the biggest match in club history with $25,000 on the line. tulsaworld.com/sports/amateur
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NEW THURSDAY: Oklahoma releases school report cards for first time since pandemic . The release of 2021-22 letter grades had been delayed since December because of calculation errors. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/local/okl
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ICYMI: House speaker: Ryan Walters rejected request to appear before legislative panel #okleg
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NEW SUNDAY: A new south Tulsa charter school will likely be first of several Oklahoma affiliates of controversial Hillsdale College, a private conservative Christian liberal arts college in Michigan working to expand patriotic education through charter schools. 1/
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4/ Sheila Dills, the House’s former point person on Epic scandal says she left legislature after running up against a brick wall for two years while trying to get Senate to hear new transparency and accountability responsibilities for charter school sponsors, such as Rose State.
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3/ Don’t miss sidebar on Midwest City community college that will sponsor the new south Tulsa charter school after OK’s State Auditor said it did very little in exchange for millions $$$ it took from past Epic Charter Schools sponsorship.
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2/ Read our in-depth enterprise reporting, including how its founders were turned away by other classical education charter networks and lost first headmaster because of Oklahoma’s low state aid and teacher pay. tulsaworld.com/news/local/edu #oklaed
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NEW SUNDAY: A new south Tulsa charter school will likely be first of several Oklahoma affiliates of controversial Hillsdale College, a private conservative Christian liberal arts college in Michigan working to expand patriotic education through charter schools. 1/
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There is a “no words” story coming out of McCurtain Co today involving county leaders discussing killing local journalists, flagrant racism & mocking a woman’s death from an arson. This is a community paper w/no online presence.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent Ryan Walters are pressuring the #okleg to pass new education rules despite an AG’s opinion that indicates the rules are void and unenforceable.
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The opinion reiterates that the State Board of Education, led by State Superintendent Ryan Walters, can adopt new agency rules only when directed to do so by the Oklahoma Legislature. #oklaed
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A spox confirms that Council Oak ES is modifying its pickup procedures today in light of a volunteer with BOE candidate Jared Buswell’s campaign openly carrying firearms across the street from the school during the a.m. dropoff window. #oklaed
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Stay tuned for full story from who covers the AG’s office for In meantime, some background:
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Oklahoma law does not give the State Board of Education the ability to make administrative rules without proper direction from the state Legislature, Attorney General Gentner Drummond ruled in a formal, legally binding opinion issued today. oag.ok.gov/sites/g/files/ #oklaed
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In most cases, districts accused of having these books said the titles are not available in their schools. #oklaed
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It’s election day in a Tulsa.
This morning, people armed with guns holding signs supporting Jared Bushwell for School Board stood outside of a TPS elementary school while parents were dropping their children off.
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Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell and 1st District U.S. Congressman Kevin Hern say lengthy quotes and endorsements attributed to them on election eve dark money mailers in Bixby school board race are fakes. #oklaed via
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The U.S. has a child and teen firearm mortality rate that is over 18 times higher than the average rate of similarly large and wealthy countries and in none of these other countries are firearm deaths in the top four causes of mortality. kff.org/global-health-
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